Tag strip



Dec. 1,1925. i 1,563,843

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- and then sever the individual tags-from each other after the cordshave been threaded through the eyelets in the respective in many casesit is alsov desirable concomitantly to print the tags usthe strip isthrough the cutting machine. Ilereto tore this procedure has beentroublesome for the reason that the cords tangle together and flap overthe tags, both individually and in tangled groups; thus interfering withthe printing operation, resulting in many out cords, and rendering theseparation of the severed tags slow and tedious; lit has also heencustomary to lrnot the cords after losing looped through the eyelets tolreep them from heconsing detached from the tags and the knots aggravatethe aforesaid tangling.

Uhiects of the present invention are to avoid the aforesaid difficultiesand to pro= ide tag strips having the cords arranged so that they neednot he linotted and do not interfere with the printing, cutting andseperating operations incident to the manufactore or tags hytheaforesaidstrip method. These objects are attained by threading the cords throughthe respective openings in astrip of tags along one margin of the stripand anchoring the cords so that they extend in juxtaposition to theopposite sides of the strip from the openings to the adjacent edge ofthe strip and thence laterally from the strip in the same generaldirection.

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Figs. 1 and 3 are side views of strips of tags having the cords anchoredas aforesaid; and I Figs. 2 and 4 are sections on lines 22 and oi Figs.1 and 3 respectively.

in Figs. 1 and-2 the strip of tags 1 has cords 2 looped through theeyelets 3 of the respective tags and the tree endsot the cordsareknotted std. The portions oi'the cords extending from the eyelets tothe adjacent edge ol the strip arecemented to the oprne srnrr.

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in the modification shown in Figs. 3 and r i the tags of strip 6 haveopenings 7 provided With slits (or slots) 8 in which the cords 9 areanchored, the cords losing some- What larger than the slits so thattheyare anchoredin non-slipping relationship to the tags. in pulling thecords into the slits the cords are sharply bent and icy virtue of thepinching grip of the slits upon these sharp hends the portions of the Rcords extending trorn the openings to the edge of the strip are held injuxtaposition to the opposite sides or" tags. extend in such closejuxtaposition to the opposite sides of the tagsas in the term shown inFigs. 1 and 2 they ordinarily rernain snifficiently close not tointerfere with the printing, cutting or other operations upon the tagsheiore or when they are severed.

While the cords are shown lrnotted in Figs. 1 and fl and unknotted inFigs. 3 and 4: it will he understood that they mayor maynot be lrnotted'in any. embodiment of the present invention.

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i. The cornhination of'a strip of tags integrally joined together andseparate cords individual to the respective tags, the strip being formedor. a single layer of sheet material and havingopenings spaced from oneedge thereof inthe successlve tags respectively, each opening having aslit leading therefrom in the body of said sheet toward said edge andsaid cords being anchored in said slits to extend along opposite sidesof said sheet toward and beyond said edge, the thickness of said stripbeing confined. to the thickness of said layer throughout the entireextent thereof, whereby the stripmay be fed through a printi'n orcutting machine without interference ythe usual cord knots andreinforcing rings around the cord openings. I .2. The combination or astrip of tagsnintegrally joined together and separate cords individualto the respective tags and loopill ll hile the cords do not ill) ingthrough-openings in the respective tags I near one edge of the strip,eachcord being l anchored to the stri free of knots adjacent the strip,to' exten continuously from said edge to its opening along one side ofthe strlp, thence through the opening and thence from the opening tosaid edge along the otherside of the strip, whereby the strip may be fedthrough a cutting machine for separating each pair of adjacenttags in a'-edge of the strip, the cords being anchored to the strip, free ofknots, to extend from I said openings toward said edge in sufiicient- I1y close juxtaposition to the marginal portions of the tags vas not tointerfere with tion without interference y the cords.

-feeding the strips. through a cutting ma- 1- chine, whereby the stripmay be ied through a cutting machine for separating eachpair; ofadjacent tags in a sin 1e cutting operae 4. The method of making tagswhich comprises forming. a strip of m s which are integrally unitedthroughout t eentire length of their adjoining. sid es, threading cords.through openingsin the respective tags near one edge of the strip,anchormg the cords to the tags so that they extend from said margin inthe same general direction free from knots adjacent the tag, and thenseparating each pairof adjacent tags in a single severing operation. j

Signed by me at Framingham, Massachusetts, this 29th day of April, 1924.

. CARL A. FLOOD.

